Receptacle bottom



March 3, 1942. E. M. HAMMOND 2,274,982

RECEPTACLE BOT TOM Filed July 30, 1940 /9 41 Hanpw/cd k3 By A tiomey Patented Mar. 3, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE RECEPTACLE BOTTOM Elsie M. Hammond, Hackensack, N. .7.

Application July 30, 1940, Serial No. 348,519

2 Claims.

This invention relates to means whereby receptacles, and particularly baskets, after the bottoms thereof have been broken or otherwise rendered unserviceable as to preclude use of such a receptacle, new bottoms may be readily substituted thus rendering such receptacles again fit for use.

In short the invention resides in the provision of a receptacle bottom-forming member adapted to be readily placed within a receptacle, together with means for suitably suspending said bottomforming member from the walls of the receptacle to the end that the receptacle which would otherwise be unfit for use may again be used to advantage and for the purpose intended.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through the invention and illustrating the application of the same.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the bottom-forming member.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a suspension element for the bottom-forming member, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail sectional view showing the manner in which the suspension element is engaged with the bottom-forming member.

Referring more in detail to the drawing it will be seen that in accordance with the present invention I provide a bottom-forming member indicated generally by the reference numeral 5. The member 5 may be formed of any suitable material and of any desired edge outline. In the present instance, however, the bottom-forming member 5 is shown as being substantially oval to conform to the usual shape of a clothes basket such as suggested by broken lines, and indicated by proper legend in Figure 1. The bottom 5, in the present instance, is formed of a sheet of metal cut, shaped and dimensioned as indicated with the edge of the metal bent back upon itself for reinforcing the edge of said bottom-forming member as at 6.

Preferably the bottom-forming member 5 is perforated as shown and indicated at 8.

For suspending the member 5 within the baske't or other receptacle there are provided, to the required number, suspension hooks. 9 is preferably formed from strap metal and embodies a shank formed at one end with a bill I and at an opposite end with a cross-head II, the metal forming the head ll being rolled as shown to provide a relatively strong head.

In using the device the shanks of the suspen- Each hook sion elements 9 are passed upwardly through predeterminedly positioned slots I2 provided therefor in the bottom-forming member adjacent the edge 6 of said member so that the bottomforming member 5 rests on the cross-heads II as shown in Figure 4. The upper ends of the shanks bottom-forming member 5 within the confines of the wall of the basket and adjacent to the bottom of said basket.

It will be seen that the bottom-forming member 5 may be readily removed from the basket or properly positioned therein and without requiring any material skill on the part of the user.

The advantages and simplicity of an invention of this character are believed to be clear without a more detailed description thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. In a bottom assembly for receptacles, a bottom-forming member having slots therein slight- 1y inwardly from the marginal edge thereof, and suspension hooks for said bottom-forming member; each of said suspension hooks embodying a body substantially T-shaped in plan and formed from a single sheet of flexible material cut, shaped and dimensioned to provide a narrow elongated strap forming the shank of the T and a laterally extending head at one end of the shank, with the material of the head rolled upon itself to provide a substantially cylindrical, reinforced head; and the shank portion of said suspension hook being threaded through a selected slot in said bottom-forming member from one side of said member to engage said head with said one side of said bottom-forming member, and the free end of said shank being bent upon itself to provide a hook for engaging over the edge of the wall of the receptacle with which said bottom assembly is associated.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a suspension element for use in suspending a bottomforming member from the peripheral wall of a receptacle for supporting said bottom-forming member properly positioned within the confines of the wall of said receptacle; said suspension member embodying a relatively flat, narrow, elongated shank having integral with one end thereof a cross-head of rolled material, and having at the opposite end thereof a reverse bend to provide a hook for said suspension element.

ELSIE M. HAMMOND. 

